- Joined
- Tuesday January 28, 2020
- Location
- Edinburgh Scotland
Yeah i genuinely rate them highly.Yes mate. Those Brazilian Wilkos are superb! Thanks for sending them out my friend.
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StunningRecently arrived Brushguy handle, re-knotted with a 26mm SHD Boti Stone Middle Flower knot; after it's initial use.......
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You're welcome Lee. Yes that's 26mm Boti new tuxedo fan in that olive wood handle.View attachment 112949
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So a trio of brushes have arrived from @gile upon my arrival home and are a part of a trio of acquisitions for the month! First up is my Knothead Brush Works brush, the coin had fallen out and the glaze or finish never was quite right and only got worse with time. In hindsight I should have sent it back but bought it earlier in my collecting days before I knew any better. @gile worked his magic and it’s better than it ever was, so smooth and properly sealed.
Next the fantastic competition handle I won! It’s a lovely finish that suits the wood perfectly and it’s so light! It comes with a Boti fan knot 26mm (I think!) it’s and incredible brush!
Finally my latest purchase inspired by some of you other guys football brushes and my original Italy one! This is named the G2 Forest and is a super sparkly resin red and white, with a lovely Forest badge on the bottom and a APShave Co G5C 26mm knot, my favourite synthetic!
I’m over the moon and can’t decide what to use first! Many thanks @giles!
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So a trio of brushes have arrived from @gile upon my arrival home and are a part of a trio of acquisitions for the month! First up is my Knothead Brush Works brush, the coin had fallen out and the glaze or finish never was quite right and only got worse with time. In hindsight I should have sent it back but bought it earlier in my collecting days before I knew any better. @gile worked his magic and it’s better than it ever was, so smooth and properly sealed.
Next the fantastic competition handle I won! It’s a lovely finish that suits the wood perfectly and it’s so light! It comes with a Boti fan knot 26mm (I think!) it’s and incredible brush!
Finally my latest purchase inspired by some of you other guys football brushes and my original Italy one! This is named the G2 Forest and is a super sparkly resin red and white, with a lovely Forest badge on the bottom and a APShave Co G5C 26mm knot, my favourite synthetic!
I’m over the moon and can’t decide what to use first! Many thanks @giles!
The Perma-Sharp Platinum (& Super too) is one of the very few UK made blades I haven't tried (I've intentionally swerved from the Jewels). Verifiable online information about Perma-Sharp is scarce. The Wilkinson / London Bridge at the top of the picture are c1974. This whole acquisition appears to be a 'users stash' rather than a 'collectors collection' so I would deduce that everything was put together over 2 or 3 years at most (the Jewels being left untouched as they are not so good). Another pertinent fact, is that the earliest Platinum coated blades that I have seen are Gillette from 1969 (Mr Razor too).View attachment 112851
I like the Scottish Permasharp pack design. I've never seen that one before and note how similar it looks to the Gillette Platinums of the late 1960s and early 1970s. I wonder if this helps to date them? @SeanC would you know anything about these blades?
“I didn’t do nothin’” a double negative drives me up the wall, shows a poor education ( and that’s coming from someone who went to a poor standard state Comprehensive School )That old excuse eh?
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